Farrowing house for animals



July 116, 1935. R. BURRUS ET AL FARROWING HOUSE FOR ANIMALS 3 $heets-Sheet 1 Filed March 13, 1934 ully 16, 1935, BURRUS r AL FARROWING HOUSE FOR ANIMALS Filed March 15, 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 y 1935. a R. BURRUS ET AL 2,008,637

FARROWING HOUSE FOR ANIMALS Filed March 13, 1954 3'Sheets-Sheet 3 B. Barres M .Burrus Patented July 16, 1935 if r 2,008,637

FARROWING HOUSE FOR ANIMALS Roy Burrus and'Wilbur Burrus,jAr n vi11 11 Application March 13, 1934, Serial No. 715,347

'1 Claim. (Cl. 119-16) v V This invention relates to a farrowing house or tending downward nearly t the lower end of pen for animals and particularly for pigs and the the rafters, A ridgecap lfi is disposed over the general object of this invention is to provide a upper mating ends of the sheathing. The house 7 farrowing house of a very simple construction so formedis rectangular in plan.

but in which the roof is given doubleslant which The rear of the house is closed by the tongue 5 is particularly valuable in protecting the young and groove planks IT. The front of the house is pigs, the house having a removable or detachable formed by a transverselyextendingplank !8 hav floor so that it may be readily cleaned at any ing a length equal tothe'full widthof the house I time, or itmay have a slightly greater length and a 10 A further object of the invention is to-proseries of short planks l9, preferably tongue and 10 vide in connection with a house of the 'characroove boards, which are supported in spaced ter described a series of sections which are ca relation to each other upon a lower plank 20 of pable of detachable engagement with each other the same length as the plank is. These planks and with laterally extending portions of the l8, l9 and mmay be nailed to the adja n i front of the house so as to provide either an eners l6 and to vertical members 21 extending downclosure or yard into which the house opens or an Ward from the rafters to the lowermost plank 2e, enclosure closely surrounding the house which these vertical members defining a dooropening may be filled with straw during winter to keep which may be closed by a door 22 hinged at 23 the house warm or which may be so arranged to one of the elements 2|, this door being provided as to provide a shelter in front of the house which With a bolt 24 of any S ta e Character W y will protect the pigs from sun in warm weather. it may be held closed, when desired.

Other objects will appear in the course of the her s preferably a space left b tween the following description. uppermost boards l9 and the board Hi. The

Our invention is illustrated in the accompanyends of all of the boards I8, l9 and 20 are con- 25 ing drawings, wherein: nected by uprights 25. The inside face of the 25 Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved O r 22 is braeedrin any suitable. er. farrowing house with one arrangement of the COaeting with the house constructed as defence panels thereof; scribed, are a plurality offence sections A, B and Figure 2 is a front elevation of the house C a Of the sa e general character and each secalone; tion being formed of a series of longitudinally Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view of the extending planks 26 spaced from each other, d house on the line 33 of Figure 5; uprights 21 and intermediate uprights 28. These Figure 4 is a perspective view showing another several sections A, B and C are adapted to be disarrangement of the house and the fence panels; p s d as ustra d in Figure 1 to form a squar Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view showenclosure 0 d in front of the house, the sec- 35 ing the front portion of the house and the fence tions A d C being ebutted against the laterally panels arranged t form Sun lt extended front section of the house and the sec- Referring t th drawings, t 111 b Seen tions being connected to each other and to the that the house itself consists of a, Supporting ends of this laterally extending front Of the house 40 frame including a plurality of upwardly and cenb y suitable means $11011 es hooks d yes. trally inclined rafters designated l0, these raft- When the sections are arranged as illustrated in ers meeting at the apex of the roof in an obvious Figure a enclosure is formed in front of the manner and having their lower ends cut off so house into which the (1001 opening of the 1101156 as to lie fiat against the ground or against a Opens a t e p s y h ve ee entrance floor as t 7 into or exit from the house into the enclosure. 45

A ridge pole l2 which may be composed f t In the winter when the air is cold, the fence longitudinally extending planks nailed together sections are disposed o Surr undthe house as and fitting aver th raft rs is disposed t the shown in Figure 4 and straw or other material is apex of the roof, the rear rafters being supported placed Within the fence and entirely Pa y by a vertical element 13. The rafters are conr the roof f the house, thus keeping e pi 50 nected by planks 14 disposed at intervals along Warm- In summer When it is necessary to Shield the rafters and extending from front to rear and the little pigs from therays 0f t the Seeover these planks is disposed the galvanized tions may be arranged as shown in Figure 5 sheathing I5 preferably corrugated with the corwherein the section B is arranged parallel to but rugations extending downward, the sheathing exspacedfrom the front of the house and the sections A and C are disposed to rest upon the section B and upon the laterally projecting portions of the plank !8. In this case the vertical members of the sections A and C extend over the planks l8 and the uppermost planks of the section B and thus act to hold the sections from any tipping movement. Straw may be placed, under these circumstances, upon the sections A and C so as to form a shelter from the sun.

Obviously the sections A, B and C may be removed entirely if desired.

It will be noted that the lower ends of the rafters l0 rest upon the floor 29 which is supported by longitudinal sills 30, two of these sills coming beneath the ends of the rafters. floor is detachably held to the rafters by the hooks and eyes 3!. Thus when'it" is desired to clean the floor, the floor is unhookedfrom the super-" structure and the superstructure lifted ofithe,

floor.

We have provided a structure which is very light, may be easily handled and which, because of its form, is particularly adapted for young pigs. It may be readily protected from the heat of the sun, if desired, or may be banked by surrounding the house with. the fence sections and filling the space within the fence sections with straw. It may be readily converted, therefore, from a winter house to a summer house and adjusted to suit all seasons and all conditions of the pigs. 7

The triangular shape of the house in cross section is particularly adapted for the raising of young pigs because the small pigs may escape from being trampled on or smothered by the sow The by moving into the lateral portions of the house where the height is too low to accommodate the sow. Thus this low pitched roof extending down to the floor provides a pig guard space for the young pigs. The metallic sheathing extends to the floor but ventilation is secured through the opening I011 and through the open door except in extremely cold weather when this door is closed. The opening lOa. provides a vent about three square inches which is ample for ventilation purposes.

We claim:-

A farrowing pen for pigs. having a roof inclined downwardly and outwardly from the middle of the p'enand extending to the ground, the pen being closed atone end, the front of the pen being extended in opposite directions beyond the roof and having a door opening therein, the ends of the extension having uprights, three fence panels having a height nearly equal to that of the pen and having end uprights, the fence panels being adapted to be disposed in connection with the extended front of the pen to surround the pen for the purpose of filling the space between the panels and theroof with protective material, the said panels being'adapted to inclose a space in front of the house and into which space the door opens, and means for detachably connecting the uprights of the panels to each other and for detachablyconnecting the uprights of certain panels to the uprights of the ends of the extended front of the house. v

V ROY BURRUS.

WILBUR BURRUS. 

